Malak's Defeat

“Accept me, child, and this girl here can be your first concubine! You can have a whole castle full of them, begging to please you whenever you wish!” Darth Malak whispered to Wes, an attempt to appeal to his most basic of needs. The thought of any girl in the galaxy begging to take his cock in any hole did have a certain ring to it. Yes, I do rather like that idea. But I’d rather have that happen on my own terms, not his decided Wes. With his newfound long-term plan in place, Wes now had to figure out how to get from his current predicament to a harem of galactic beauties just for him. Let’s see if this will work! Wes thought as he unleashed a powerful Force blast towards Darth Malak’s Force Ghost.

The powerful Force move caused Darth Malak to lose his corporeal form for just a few seconds. But those few seconds were all Wes needed as he quickly dashed over and caught Tal as she fell from her released Force Choke. The human was quite happy to land in Wes’ arms instead of hitting the floor and quickly gave him a peck on the cheek as a thanks.

“Thank you for saving me, Wes! But we need to get out of here!” she said as she motioned for him to let her stand up. Tal breathed heavily after the lack of oxygen she had just experienced. Her legs were a bit wobbly as Tal recovered from her attack. Wes, meanwhile, had made his way to the door and attempted to open it, but to no avail.

“Looks like the door is locked. Can you slice it? I could but I have a feeling our ghostly friend will reform soon,” Wes asked Tal, who nodded in agreement.

“Give me a few minutes, and I’ll have it sliced. Think you can last that long?” she asked as Wes grabbed his vibrosword with both hands.

“I don’t plan on dying today, Tal,” was all he said as he watched Darth Malak slowly return in his ghostly form. A look of anger was clear on his face, as Darth Malak was not happy with Wes’ decision.

“YOU DARE DENY ME, DARTH MALAK, AS YOUR MASTER?!” an enraged Sith Lord yelled to Wes.

“Well, what can I say? You’re dead, so clearly you aren’t the best possible master I could have!” Wes replied, a twisted smile on his face as the insult cut into Darth Malak’s pride. Tal couldn’t help but let out a little chuckle at Wes’ words.

“You and your little whore think you can make a mockery of me?! I brought the Republic to their knees! Something the ancient Sith Empire could not do, and something your Empire wouldn’t be able to do if not for me!” roared Darth Malak, his pride getting the better of him. Darth Malak raised his hand and let loose a torrent of Force Lighting at Wes and Tal. Wes remembered his training and raised his vibrosword up, its electric blade absorbing the powerful attack.

“That all you got, ghosty? You clearly aren’t worthy of me as a student!” mocked Wes, driving more anger into the Force Ghost.

“You’ll pay for your words, 100 fold!” rebuked Darth Malak as he poured even more power into his Force Lightning attack. Wes began to struggle as the force of the attack pushed back on his weapon. He saw as the weapon began arc lighting from itself as the entire piece began to shake.

“You need to hurry, Tal!” Wes said through gritted teeth, “I don’t know how much longer I can hold off this attack!” warned Wes as he used all of his mental strength to keep his weapon together and able to continue to deflect the Force Lightning.

Tal worked as fast as she could, but this tech was ancient and hardened. She had to do all sorts of workarounds to make this slice work, and even then, she gave it a 50-50 chance of it working. Come on, Tal, you can do this! You went to school studying ancient technology, so this should be a breeze! she said to pump herself up. Come on! A few more pathways and I should...

“AH-HA! GOT IT!” Tal yelled triumphantly as she jumped up happily. The old doors slide open to reveal the exit for the two trapped Sith. With a muster of all his strength, Wes threw another powerful Force Wave at Darth Malak which disrupted his form once again.

“Go now!” he said as he pushed Tal’s back to get her moving through the door. Wes tossed the destroyed vibrosword on the ground and ran alongside Tal as the two raced down the hallway. The two saw some droids blasting at something while moving backwards, but a lightsaber and a warblade quickly sliced the group in two as they flew through the air.

“Lord Oswall!” the two said in unison as they turned the corner to see him, Moores, and Rusel.

“Rusel?! What are you doing here?!” asked a shocked Wes.

“Heh. I’m here to save your pathetic excuse of a Sith ass!” he said with words just oozing arrogance.

“He, like you, decided to explore this tomb by himself. I will have to have a long talk with your Overseer about both of your behaviors. You bring shame to the Sith Empires. If not for your lineage, you would be made examples of,” he said to the two Sith, who looked away in embarressment.

“We have a bigger problem, my Lord!” started Tal. “We found a Star Map to the Star Forge! We also seemed to have awakened Darth Malak!” she told her superior.

“What?!” gasped Lord Oswall, who was legitimately surprised of these discoveries. “A working Star Map and a Force Ghost of Darth Malak? This is both great and troubling news,” he said as he stopped to think what should be done. “Talrik and Moores, return to the surface and alert the academy. Wes and Rusel, since you two helped create this mess with your wanton looting, you can help fix it. We shall face the ancient Sith Lord together,” concluded Lord Oswall.

“Of course, my lord,” said Moores as he bowed.

“We’ll return swiftly with assistance!” vowed Tal before the two took off running down the halls and back towards the entrance.

“Wes, where is your vibroblade?” asked Lord Oswall, who had finally noticed the Sith was without a weapon.

“It was damaged beyond repair during my fight with Darth Malak. I had to use it to block his Force Lighting as Tal sliced the door panel to allow us to escape,” Wes explained to the senior Sith.

“I see,” said Lord Oswall as contemplated his plan to dealing with the rogue Sith. “Rusel and I shall engage him in battle. When an opening appears, use the Force to damage him. I’m afraid only the Force can suitable destroy a Force Ghost,” he told the two, who nodded in agreement. “Right, then let us go confront our past, shall we?” he said as he took the lead to the room with the Star Map and where Darth Malak resided.